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Dr. Oz warns Walz to address alleged Somali Medicaid fraud or lose federal funding: ‘We'll stop paying'
2025-12-07
[NY Post] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz on Friday warned Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
“Yo, knucklehead — this time it’s personal.”
the state could lose federal Medicaid funding unless it restores "the integrity" of its program.

In a post on X, Dr. Oz claimed more than $1 billion had been stolen through a massive Medicaid fraud scheme carried out by "bad actors" within Minnesota’s Somali community, alleging some of the funds "may have even made its way to the Somalian terrorist group (al-Shabab)."

"Our staff at CMS told me they’ve never seen anything like this in Medicaid — and everyone from Gov. Tim Walz on down needs to be investigated, because they’ve been asleep at the wheel," Oz said.

Oz demanded Walz take the following corrective measures within 60 days:

  • Send weekly updates on anti-fraud efforts to CMS

  • Freeze enrollment of high-risk providers for six months

  • Verify all current providers as "legitimate" or remove them

  • Send CMS a corrective action plan to prevent fraud in the future

"If we’re unsatisfied with the state’s plans or cooperation, we’ll stop paying the federal share of these programs," Oz warned.
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Mehmet Oz 05/26/2025 Dr. Oz says taxpayers footing $14 billion bill for Medicaid fraud while eligible patients struggle for care

Related:
Tim Walz 12/06/2025 Somali fraud in Minnesota is the 'biggest theft of taxpayer dollars in American HISTORY', White House says... as swindler who posed for selfies with Ilhan Omar and Tim Walz is arrested
Tim Walz 12/05/2025 Omar allies tied to massive Minnesota COVID meal fraud scheme involving Somali community
Tim Walz 12/05/2025 Wisconsin ‘refusing to learn the lesson' of Minnesota after fraud scandal, GOP gubernatorial hopeful warns

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